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Playing #Multi with #TrinityLearns 5th grader. We “thought out loud” as we played so others could learn. He taught me a new rule and ended the game in a tie. Phew! Playing to learn, practice, and strategize.
March 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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The Evolution of Inclusion with @drshelleymoore.bsky.social #SAIS #AcademicSupportConference
February 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Multiplication Fluency: Uncovering misconceptions together #TrinityLearns
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Multiplication Fluency: Uncovering misconceptions together #TrinityLearns
Strength, resilience, and a little bit of encouragement can make all the difference. What do you notice, and what do you wonder when looking at WT’s data? Yes, that is correct! This student knows a…
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December 12, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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PD Planning: #MBE Session 4 (F2F) Learning in Action: Neuromyth Busting, Primacy-Recency, and Retrieval Practice #TrinityLearns
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PD Planning: #MBE Session 4 (F2F) Learning in Action: Neuromyth Busting, Primacy-Recency, and Retrieval Practice
Continuing our consistent practice, we played Face the MBE Facts: A Neuromyth Busting Activity from The Center for Transformational Teaching and Learning as our warm-up. I really like these cards. …
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December 10, 2024 at 9:52 PM
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Partnering with Parents: Embolden Your Inner Mathematician Session 1 #TrinityLearns
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Partnering with Parents: Embolden Your Inner Mathematician Session 1
At Trinity School, we believe that every child can become a successful mathematician.  Thinking critically, problem-solving, and demonstrating number flexibility lead students to make connections t…
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December 9, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Pileggi and Valentine 4th Grade Coding (Parker-Webster) #TrinityLearns
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Pileggi and Valentine 4th Grade Coding (Parker-Webster)
If you have always been able to code and “do” math, would you more readily overcome stereotypes concerning who is capable? At Trinity, our teachers are teaching algebraic reasoning and …
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December 6, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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In this paper, we also describe incremental changes teachers made in their teaching practice after reading Rough Draft Math: Revising to Learn (book published by Stenhouse), including a case of how a teacher used rough draft math while teaching using Illustrative Math. www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/14...
December 6, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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New article announcement: Along with Meg Botello and @elenamsilla.bsky.social, we write about small changes that teachers reported in their after participating in a conference presentation about rough draft math (see figure below). (Alt text restates ideas in figure.)

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After attending a conference, teachers' thinking shifted to understand the value of revising, that students can learn while making mistakes, that teachers can intentionally use language while teaching to promote drafting and revising, that peer collaboration supports revising, that rough drafting and revising can happen in math (not just language arts), and that rough drafting and revising in mathematics class is feasible to implement.
December 6, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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New blog post…. kristenacosta.com/tale-of-two-...

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Tale of Two Teachers | KristenAcosta.com
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December 5, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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PD Planning: #MBE Session 2 (F2F) Neuromyth Busting, 3-2-1 protocol, and Retrieval Practice #TrinityLearns
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PD Planning: #MBE Session 2 (F2F) Neuromyth Busting, 3-2-1 protocol, and Retrieval Practice
As a community of learners, our Specials teachers are focused on learning more of what research tells us about learning in the intersection of neurology, psychology, and education. There’s a course…
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December 5, 2024 at 5:55 PM
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Twiggs-Glafcke 4th Grade An Assortment of Fractions #TrinityLearns @illustratemath.bsky.social
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Twiggs-Glafcke 4th Grade An Assortment of Fractions #TrinityLearns
As a community, we continue to learn. At Pre-Planning, we pitched a system of teacher-choice levels of observation opportunities. Marsha Harris and I were invited to observe 4th-grade math at the s…
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December 4, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Cooney-Daigre First Grade Build a Sentence #TrinityLearns
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Cooney-Daigre First Grade Build a Sentence #TrinityLearns
As a community, we continue to learn. At Pre-Planning, we pitched a system of teacher-choice levels of observation opportunities. On September 4, I received the following email: Hi Jill,  Sher…
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December 3, 2024 at 6:34 PM
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Burton-Moore Kindergarten Launch of A Writer’s Special Place #TrinityLearns
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Level 3 Observation of Practice: Burton-Moore Kindergarten Launch of A Writer’s Special Place #TrinityLearns
We are working to learn more about our teaching and our students’ learning, and we seek more feedback. We implemented a system of teacher-choice levels of observation opportunities. On Septem…
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December 3, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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#TrinityLearns Observation of Practice: Observation not Evaluation. Levels of observation opportunities - teacher choice. Are you interested in a strength-based observation with feedback?
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Observation by Invitation: Observation, not Evaluation
Trinity Teachers have questions about our craft. Determined to hone and enhance teaching, assessment, and relationship-building skills, we turn to each other for advice. From the work of Harvard Gr…
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December 3, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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All it takes is 10 mindful minutes | Andy Puddicombe |
TEDSalon London • November 2012
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"meditation offers the opportunity, the potential to step back and to get a different perspective."
All it takes is 10 mindful minutes
When is the last time you did absolutely nothing for 10 whole minutes? Not texting, talking or even thinking? Mindfulness expert Andy Puddicombe describes the transformative power of doing just that: ...
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November 30, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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PD Planning: Summing up whole numbers, productive struggle, deep learning #TrinityLearns
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PD Planning: Summing up whole numbers, productive struggle, deep learning #TrinityLearns
As teachers, how often do we grapple, struggle, and press our thinking in new ways? We intend and hope that our students are challenged every day? How empathetic are we when our students grapple wi…
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November 30, 2024 at 4:23 PM
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Writing Tip:
The quality of your first draft does not represent the quality of the finished product. Far from it. Most first drafts are an incomprehensible mess. Quality shines in editing. Even a poorly-written draft can be polished into a diamond over time.
#writing #writingtips #writingcommunity
November 29, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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PD Planning: Playing to Learn with The Carnival Conundrum #TrinityLearns #BTC
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PD Planning: Playing to Learn with The Carnival Conundrum #TrinityLearns
From The Trinity Way: Trinity prepares its students for the future, helping them build the critical academic and character foundation needed for success and happiness in middle school and beyond. W…
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November 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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Have you viewed Why you think you look bad in photos
565,381 views | Teri Hofford | TEDxWinnipeg • June 2024?
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"When we change how we look at things, the things we look at change." ~Dr. Wayne Dyer
Why you think you look bad in photos
Do you hate having your photo taken? Portrait photographer Teri Hofford is here to change your mind. She unpacks why you may think you look bad in photos — and how to boost your confidence for those m...
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November 29, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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We tried a mashup last week: #OpenMiddle – Mild, medium, and spicy results lead to more engagement and strength-finding.
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#OpenMiddle – Mild, Medium, and Spicy results lead to more engagement and strength-finding
We are working on strength-based teaching and learning, multiplication, language-rich math classrooms, and structure. How often do we – and our students – just start computing to solve,…
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November 27, 2024 at 1:35 PM
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The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself | Dan Harris |
TED2022 --- Don't be misled by the title. It’s an important 13.5 minutes that everyone needs to consider.
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Dan Harris: The benefits of not being a jerk to yourself
After more than two decades as an anchor for ABC News, an on-air panic attack sent Dan Harris's life in a new direction: he became a dedicated meditator and, to some, even a guru. But then an anonymou...
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November 27, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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I have a joke about the number 288 but it's two gross.
November 25, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Multiplication: Strength-based data analysis empowers students to take action, learn more #TrinityLearns
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Multiplication: Strength-based data analysis empowers students to take action, learn more
Numerical fluency can be defined as the ability to perform mathematical operations with accuracy, flexibility, and efficiency. Fluency also involves having a solid understanding of mathematical con…
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November 26, 2024 at 7:04 PM
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Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life | Catherine Price | TED2022 • April 2022
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Catherine Price: Why having fun is the secret to a healthier life
Have you had your daily dose of fun? It's not just enjoyable, it's also essential for your health and happiness, says science journalist Catherine Price. She proposes a new definition of fun -- what s...
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November 26, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Breathwork and exercise are key! #TEDTalk How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist | Wendy Suzuki
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Wendy Suzuki: How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist
What if you could transform your anxiety into something you can actually use during your work day? Neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki shares two evidence-based activities -- breathing and movement -- that ca...
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November 25, 2024 at 11:28 PM